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 Post subject: "Caboose" in Rockaway Beach, OR
PostPosted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:53 pm 

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Even the Pennsy never dreamed of portals this big:

https://goo.gl/maps/y38H6c6XKGcm4M9w6

It appears to ride on real freight car trucks. The opposite side had square windows that look plausible for a real caboose. So, what is it, really? A real caboose that has been butchered on one side, or a boxcar made into a caboose?

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 Post subject: Re: "Caboose" in Rockaway Beach, OR
PostPosted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:42 pm 

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Here is the end, it is along the OCSR apparently. Those curved grab irons weren't used on boxcars.


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 Post subject: Re: "Caboose" in Rockaway Beach, OR
PostPosted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:01 pm 
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I have it as being a former BN caboose that has seen some modifications.

Here's a photo I found of the other side, which is the unaltered side
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnjbeach/5899922690/

And a view of the altered side
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barryoneilphotography/5120791892/

It certainly has the right underframe to be an International Car EV caboose.

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